On 1/9/2024 3:31 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > On 1/9/24 11:37, Elliot Berman wrote: >> Gunyah is an open-source Type-1 hypervisor developed by Qualcomm. It >> does not depend on any lower-privileged OS/kernel code for its core >> functionality. This increases its security and can support a smaller >> trusted computing based when compared to Type-2 hypervisors. >> >> Add documentation describing the Gunyah hypervisor and the main >> components of the Gunyah hypervisor which are of interest to Linux >> virtualization development. >> >> Signed-off-by: Elliot Berman <quic_eberman@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Documentation/virt/gunyah/index.rst | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Documentation/virt/gunyah/message-queue.rst | 68 ++++++++++++++ >> Documentation/virt/index.rst | 1 + >> 3 files changed, 203 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/gunyah/index.rst b/Documentation/virt/gunyah/index.rst >> new file mode 100644 >> index 000000000000..da8e5e4b9cac >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/Documentation/virt/gunyah/index.rst >> @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ >> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 >> + >> +================= >> +Gunyah Hypervisor >> +================= >> + >> +.. toctree:: >> + :maxdepth: 1 >> + >> + message-queue >> + >> +Gunyah is a Type-1 hypervisor which is independent of any OS kernel, and runs in >> +a higher CPU privilege level. It does not depend on any lower-privileged > > Is this the usual meaning of higher and lower? Seems backwards to me. > Hmm, I guess this x86 having ring 0 as most privileged and arm using EL3 as most privileged. I'll switch to "more" and "less" privilege rather than implying a numbering scheme. Thanks for the rest of suggestions, applied those! - Elliot
